Audit: N.Y. can't keep up; thousands operate without food inspections

6:42 PM,
Jan. 30, 2014

Written by

Ashley Hupfl
| Albany Bureau

Thousands of food manufacturers, supermarkets, bakeries, and other food-related businesses were found operating without valid food inspections because the state cannot keep up with demand, a state audit found Thursday.

The state Department of Agriculture and Markets' Division of Food Safety and Inspection is in charge of inspecting more than 31,000 food-related businesses.

Unable to keep up with the demand of its inspection schedule, the food safety division allowed 493 new establishments to serve the public without inspection and almost 5,000 establishments needed inspection ...